Humanizing Calculus

Michelle Cirillo

The history and the mathematics used by Newton and Leibniz in
their invention of calculus. The exploration of this topic is intended to show
students that mathematics is a human invention. Suggestions are made to help
teachers incorporate the mathematics and the history into their own lessons.

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